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A collage of photos featuring people collecting water bottles.

08/05/2024

MVD employees donate bottled water and other summertime relief

In Arizona’s infamous summer heat, you can work up a sweat very quickly and easily from basic yardwork or even a short walk, making that first sip of water a refreshing relief. Understanding the importance of water during these months, the...

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A water tanker puts out a vehicle fire on the highway

08/04/2024

Asked & Answered: Why highways close when wildland fires ignite nearby

During Arizona summers, it’s not uncommon for wildland fires to result in the closures of highways. When this happens, we’re usually asked why the highway is closed or restricted when the fire isn’t on the road. It’s a fair question and the...

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A coloring sheet with a message written on a message sign.

08/03/2024

ADOT Kids: Create your own traffic safety message

Hey kids! Have you seen the creative safety messages that are sometimes displayed on the highway overhead message boards? The messages sometimes relate to concerts and sporting events happening in the Valley or they’ll reference certain...

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Adopt a Highway volunteers help keep roads litter-free

Adopt a Highway volunteers make quite the impact. Last year alone, they picked up 12,240 bags of trash along 1,800 miles of Arizona highways!

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02/11/2016

ADOT tries out a different method for merging

The zipper merge is being piloted by ADOT to reduce construction travel delays on I-10, east of Tucson.

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02/10/2016

See how more people are avoiding lines at MVD

Out of 3.7 million vehicle registration renewals that were completed in Arizona during 2015, a whopping 60.2 percent of them – roughly 2.2 million – were handled online through ServiceArizona.com.

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02/04/2016

MVD assists veterans during 2016 StandDown

A number of agencies, including ADOT’s Motor Vehicle Division, helped homeless and at-risk veterans during an annual event called the Maricopa County StandDown.

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02/03/2016

Busy snowplow drivers kept roads open during recent storm

When Arizona’s latest winter storm hit Sunday evening, ADOT crews went into high gear.

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01/27/2016

Pup rescued from SR 51 has a good home in her future

A little dog that made her way onto SR 51 during Monday evening’s rush hour and miraculously avoided being hit by traffic now has a good home in her future.

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